Packers fan leaps into Lambeau lore

Sheboygan man is first to get to jump into stands

10:31 AM,
Dec. 10, 2012

Green Bay Packers fan and contest winner Cory Uttech does a Lambeau Leap at halftime of Sunday's Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions game at Lambeau Field. He was selected from 10 finalists for the honor. H. Marc Larson/GWM

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Cory Uttech made it into the record books as the first fan to complete the Lambeau Leap during a Green Bay Packers' game when he jumped into the stands Sunday.

"It's not really that hard," the lifelong Packers fan said after his leap. "You basically jump as high as you can up into the stands and twist, and let the people carry you up."

Uttech, 30, of Sheboygan was selected from 10 finalists who came to Lambeau Field on Nov. 20 for training and a tryout. He was chosen by Bret Eulberg to complete the jump during the game against the Detroit Lions. Eulberg owns Robert Haack Diamonds of Greenfield and helped ...